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Watch: Silversun Pickups Play “Kimmel”

Perform "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)" and "The Pit"

May 09, 2012

Supporting their newly released third LP Neck of the Woods, L.A. rock group Silversun Pickups made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! More

Listen: Stream Silversun Pickups New Album

Neck of the Woods Out May 8

May 02, 2012

Silversun Pickups' third full-length Neck of the Woods is now available to stream online. More

Mar 26, 2012

Not long after announcing the release of their new album Neck of the Woods on May 8, LA rock group Silversun Pickups have unveiled the record's first track, "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)." More

Mar 07, 2012

Los Angeles rockers Silversun Pickups return May 8 with Neck of the Woods—the follow-up to 2009 album, SwoonMore


Interviews

Silversun Pickups

Swoon: Anticipated Albums of 2009

Feb 01, 2009

Brian Aubert is flattered that so many people mistook him for a woman after hearing his band’s breakthrough single, “Lazy Eye.” More


Reviews

Neck of the Woods

Neck of the Woods

Dangerbird

May 15, 2012

If the cover image on Silversun Pickups' new album seems alluringly Hitchcockian, leave the lights on when you give the record a spin. The L.A. band has never been a Prozac popper, but the 11 tracks on Neck of the Woodstakes moody to a whole other psychological levelone that moves beyond science to a technological outsmarting.

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Swoon

Swoon

Dangerbird

May 15, 2009

Silversun Pickups are experiencing the opposite of most bands that share a similar sound. That sound being a wall of distortion, static, and fuzz that is part shoegazer—and in the Silversun's case, part Smashing Pumpkins. Usually the first album is one big, long sound occasionally punctured by a recognizable riff. In contrast, the second album is defined by morsels of hints-at-pop hits—which in the Silversuns case ended up being full-blown smashes.  More